In the green room, ad-hoc bands were formed A longtime fiddler and multi-championship winner The overall winner, whose three brothers also comp… Last-minute preparation She's playing a 1934 Martin O-18T tenor guitar Not all fiddlers tuck the instruments under their… But for the microphone, this could have been 100 y… Waiting in the wings After the rainfall Shapes on a hot summer's evening The incomparable Miss Ivy Ilk Low Tea L. Rey Third Jen Spellman An elegant couple Explorers Steamborg The Mastermind Early arrivals Bewildered What is behind the mask? L. Rey Third's adventurous daughter Rusty, a musician The contest was in Stuart's Opera House, Nelsonvil… Hereabouts, pretty much everybody plays an instrum… My favorite picture of the event The youngest contestant was 4 years old The contestants were dwarfed by the stage A lifetime of fiddling alters your shape Another royalty contest, grabbing a bite to eat It's like a fair, only in town in Nelsonville, Ohi… The shades make the royalty A KISS cover band Parade of the Hills has a midway Everything is moving except mom Just sitting and watching . . . as demonstrated at night with a slow shutter… This ride is pretty fast . . . A bittersweet scene . . . her steer sells for $850… The midway is open until midnight Gokarts can go fast The races last into the night A boy and his pig Then come gokart races Over at the grandstand, the horse pulling contest